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HMD Barbie™ Phone Competition - Terms and Conditions

23 August 2024

Following terms and conditions (the “Terms and Conditions”) shall apply to HMD Barbie™ Phone Competition (the ‘Competition”) detailed below. For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions, the term Organizer, when used with reference to a legal entity, shall mean HMD Global Oy (“Organizer”).

1. Eligibility

Competition is open only to those who fill out the form on HMD’s website (https://www.hmd.com/en_int/beach-over-browsing) to participate in the HMD Barbie Phone Challenge (the “Challenge”) and explain why they want to join the Challenge (“Participant”). The Participants are required to be 18 years old as of the date of entry. The competition is open to legal residents of Europe and Great Britain and is void where prohibited by law. Employees of Organizer, their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, suppliers and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible to participate in the Competition. The Competition is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.

2. Competition Rules

By participating, the Participant agrees to be fully unconditionally bound by these Rules, and the Participant represents and warrants that he/she meets the eligibility requirements set forth herein. In addition, you agree to accept the decisions of Organizer, as final and binding as it relates to the content.

3. Competition Period

Entries will be accepted online starting on or about 29.08.2024 and ending 22.09.2024. All online entries must be received by 22.09.2024 11:59PM GMT.

4. How to Participate

The Competition must be entered by filling out the form on HMD’s website (https://www.hmd.com/en_int/beach-over-browsing), explaining why you want to participate in the Challenge and why you want to disconnect from online life.

The entry must fulfill all Competition requirements, as specified, to be eligible to win a prize. Entries that are not complete or do not adhere to the rules or specifications may be disqualified at the sole discretion of the Organizer. Participant may enter only once and must fill in the information requested. Participant may not enter more times than indicated by using multiple email addresses, identities or devices in an attempt to circumvent the rules. If the Participant uses fraudulent methods or otherwise attempt to circumvent the rules, Participant’s submission may be removed from eligibility at the sole discretion of Organizer.

5. Prizes

Ten winners will receive an HMD Barbie™ Phone and be part of a 7-day challenge to disconnect and live your best life with the HMD Barbie Phone. The specifics of the prize shall be solely determined by the Organizer. No cash or other prize substitution permitted except at Organizer's discretion. The prize is nontransferable. Any and all prize related expenses, including without limitation any and all federal, state, and/or local taxes shall be the sole responsibility of the winner. No substitution of prize or transfer/assignment of prize to others or request for the cash equivalent by winners is permitted. Acceptance of prize constitutes permission for Organizer to use winner's name, likeness, and entry for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation, unless prohibited by law. The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.

6. Winner selection and notification

Winners of the Competition will be selected in a random drawing under the supervision of the Organizer. Winners will be notified by sending an email to the email address provided on the form they have filled out to enter the competition, within five (5) days following the winner selection. Organizer shall have no liability for a winner's failure to receive notices due to winners' spam, junk e-mail or other security settings or for winners' provision of incorrect or otherwise non-functioning contact information. If the selected winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible, fails to claim the prize within 5 days from the time award notification was sent, or fails to timely return a completed and executed declaration and releases as required, prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner selected.

ANY VIOLATION OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES BY ANY WINNER (AT ORGANIZER'S SOLE DISCRETION) WILL RESULT IN SUCH WINNER'S DISQUALIFICATION AS WINNER OF THE COMPETITION AND ALL PRIVILEGES AS WINNER WILL BE IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED.

To obtain a list of names of winners, a stamped addressed envelope marked “HMD Barbie Phone Contest” should be send to HMD Global Oy, 2 Kingdom St, London W2 6BD.

7. Rights Granted by Participant

By entering this Competition you understand that Organizer may without any further notice, review or consent to print, publish, broadcast, distribute, and use, worldwide in any media, your entry, including, without limitation, the entry and winner's name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness, image or statements about the Competition, publicity or information and for trade, advertising, public relations and promotional purposes without any further compensation.

8. Changes

Organizer reserves the right, in its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Competition should (in its sole discretion) a virus, bugs, non-authorized human intervention, fraud or other causes beyond its control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the Competition.

9. Limitation of Liability

By entering you agree to release and hold harmless Organizer and its subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, partners, representatives, agents, successors, assigns, employees, officers and directors from any liability, illness, injury, death, loss, litigation, claim or damage that may occur, directly or indirectly, whether caused by negligence or not, from (i) such entrant's participation in the Competition and/or his/her acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize or any portion thereof, (ii) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any computer, cable, network, hardware or software; (iii) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions or telephone or Internet service; (iv) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (v) electronic or human error which may occur in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries.

10. Privacy Policy

Any personal data relating to this Competition shall be processed in accordance with HMD Privacy Policy.

11. Disputes

This Competition is governed by the laws of Finland. You irrevocably agree that Finnish courts shall have the exclusive jurisdiction. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including reasonable attorneys' fees, other than participant's actual out-of-pocket expenses (i.e. costs associated with entering this Competition), and participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

Organizer: HMD Global Oy, Bertel Jungin aukio 9, 02600 Espoo, Finland

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